Courtney v. State

Smith, O. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a conviction for obtaining money under false pretenses. The court below refused to direct a verdict for the appellants.

The indictment alleges, in substance, that the appellants, Eli Courtney and Prank Woods, falsely and feloniously pretended to Steve Price that they had found a pocketbook containing a large sum of money, and that they offered to divide its contents with Price if he would give them a certain sum of money; that Price gave them one hundred dollars, whereas Courtney and Woods had not found a pocketbook or any…